Cuff-holder.



N0. 7 l0,734. Patented Oct. 7, I902.

D. G. ARMSTRONG.

CUFF HOLDER.

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DAVID G. ARMSTRONG, OF AKRON, OHIO.

CUFF HOLDER.

SEECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent o. 710,734, dated October7, 1902.

Application filed April 16, 1902, erial No. 103,094. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that 1, DAVID G. ARMSTRONG, a citizen of the United States,residing at Akron, in the county of Summit and State of Ohio, haveinvented a certain new and useful Improvement in Cunt-Holders, of whichthe following is a specification.

My invention has relation to improvements in cuif-holders of that classin which a movable spring-pressed member is pivoted between ears of afixed member and bears a button to enter the holes of the cuff, the

. shirt-sleeve being clasped between the ends of the m'embers.Heretofore the end of the fixed member has been provided with anupturned serrated edge to engage the cuff for a more secure grasp andthe button is fiattened into a substantially elliptical form in section.these features of construction, the upturned serrated edge forming arough object to scratch the hand of the person applying or using theholder and constantly tending to abraid the cuff, while the form of thebutton is difficult to press through the holes of the cuff whenstiffened by starch, besides being more liable to break off because ofthe square under bearing.

The object of my invention is to overcome these objections by formingthe serrated edge on the movable half and having it arranged to bear onthe lower half back of the end, so that the points will not extend tocome in contact with other objects, and a further object is to make thebutton round, so that it will readily pass by slight pressure throughthe buttonholes and be less liable to break off.

To the accomplishment of the aforesaid objects my invention consists inthe peculiar and novel construction, arrangement, and combination ofparts hereinafter described and then specifically pointed out in theclaim, reference being bad to the accompanying drawings, which form apart of this specification.

In the accompanying drawings, in which similarreference-numeralsindicate like parts in the different figures, Figure1- is a side elevation, greatly enlarged, of my improved cuffholder;Fig. 2, a central longitudinal vertical section; Fig. 3, a frontelevation, and Fig. 4 a section of the shank at the line Z Z of Fig. 1.

Objection has been found to both Referring to the figures, 1 is a plateof metal, heretofore called the fixed member, having rounded ends toprevent offering rough corners and having intermediateoppositelydisposed vertical ears 2. The movable member 3 is a similarbut shorter plate having oppositely-disposed ears l, adjusted to restbetween the ears 2 and pivotally united therewith by a pivot-rod 5,which passes through openings in the cars. A coiled spring 6 in tensionsurrounds the rod 5, and its opposite ends bear against the plates 1 and3, thus tending to spread their rear ends apart, and thereby force theirfront ends together. The front end of the movable plate is turneddownward and serrated, forming a row of teeth that extend across thefront end and partially back on each side, thereby affording a firmergrip than if they extended across the end merely. Secured to the back ofthe movable plate, slightly in advance of the pivot, is an upright shank7, flattened on the sides to rest more easily in the buttonholes, and onthe upper end of this staff is a spherical head 8.

In operation the head is forced through the buttonholes of the cuff, thecuff adjusted on the wrist, and the front ends of the plates 1 and 3opened and closed on the sleeve at such a position as to hold the cuffat the desired point.

Having thus described. my invention, what 1 claim, and desire to secureby Letters Patent, is

An improved cuff-holder consisting of a fixed and a movable plate,provided with perforated ears to register and a rod passing through saidears to pivot said plates, a coiled spring in tension about said rodwith its ends bearing against said plates, one end of said movable platebearing a serrated edge across its end and for a distance back therefromarranged to engage the fixed plate back of its end, and having on itsupper side a flattened shank with a round head, substantially as shownand described. 7

In testimony that I claim the above I hereunto set my hand in thepresence of two subscribing witnesses.

DAVID G. ARMSTRONG.

In presence of- O. P. HUMPHREY, O. E. HUMPHREY.

